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more about #monkeys Thangka: "Would you prefer 27 squirrel monkeys dying in experiments or six dead astronauts in a capsule floating on the Pacific Ocean?" Ask the monkeys the sa... more » MaQ: No, better yet, clone a human and expose it to the radiation, so later, you will have a whole bunch of laws broken, but we will advance twice as fas... more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Matthew Broderick killed someone #radiationtests more » Humphrey: I'd much rather they be using chimps, as they are the greatest danger to mankind... Its sad to see animals subjected to experiments like this, but as... more » RedRaider: But to some extent, we've seen the effects of gamma radiation: [gizmodo.com] #radiationtests more » Skid-Vicious: Gamma rays? No, that was what made Hulk what he is. Can you imagine something more dangerous than Hulk monkeys? #radiationtests more » hrolfforkbeard: THIS is what child molesters should be signed up for. And rapists, and death row. Lets use them for something good. #radiationtests more » Benny: gamma radiation eh... just hope the monkey doesn't get green when it gets angry. #radiationtests more » diesel_spa_italy: they should just get some CRACKHEADS from the street and experiment on them...i mean who cares about crackheads their going to OD either way more » Brad Sanders: #radiationtests more » Navin R Johnson: So you propose sending humans Mars and subjecting them to the equivalent dose of radiation with no testing. I'm starting to think Giz IS actually ju... more » Hello Mister Walrus: Mmm... as horrifically cruel as this experiment sounds, it is far more humane than many other experiments on animals that happen daily. #radiationtests more » Nathan Obbards: I volunteer Glenn Beck for ''human'' trials. #radiationtests more » Yerzriknot: "Would you prefer 27 squirrel monkeys dying in experiments or six dead astronauts in a capsule floating on the Pacific Ocean?" I think we're all aware... more » Gordonium: I'll back most anything to piss off People Empathizing Totally [with] Animals, rather than their own goddamn species. While it's a shame to have to p... more » Seasonone: I don't care about the monkeys, but why does it cost 1.75 million to put 26 monkeys in a fancy microwave and watch what happens? #radiationtests more » gemcosta: Why 27? #radiationtests more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: NASA to Bomb Monkeys with Gamma Radiation. Monkeys to bomb NASA with feces. #radiationtests more » RicketyCricket: In related news, Peta bombs NASA. #radiationtests more » strider_mt2k: Harnessing the power of the sun and monkeys is a foolish act of hubris that will surely lead to our destruction. more » -
#science
NASA to Bomb Monkeys with Gamma Radiation
Dear NASA, I love you, but come on... Monkey radiation tests? What is this? The 50s? Are you going to resuscitate J. Edgar Hoover next? Didn't you guys see Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt saving the monkeys in Project X? More » -
#toys
Solar-Charged Monkey Toy Amuses Only Other Monkeys
This solar-charged monkey toy that uses solar energy to climb the rope, hand over hand, is probably the first of its kind that we've seen. More » -
#captions
Caption Contest: Revenge of the Monkey Wrench
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#robots
Monkey-Controlled Robot Still Going to Act Like an Annoying F'ing Monkey
You may have heard about a monkey controlling a robot arm that was in the news a week or two ago. It's a pretty incredible story (albeit one that we reported on in 2003, 2005 and 2007). In the above video, Paul Scheer from Human Giant and Best Week Ever demonstrates the down sides to giving a monkey control over a robot. Because really, at the end of the day, a robot controlled by a monkey is really just going to act like a monkey. (Video after the jump) [Funny or Die] More » -
#ookook
Russian Monkeys May Get to Mars First
Forget about the Constellation missions to Mars, because the first Earthlings set to arrive to the Red Planet may be monkeys: macaques from the Sochi Institute of Medical Primatology, who may get back as fully grown primate overlords, or just prove that humans would be able to resist the 17-month trip in weightlessness and isolation, suffering a pureed food diet, like in 2001 in a spaceship not much bigger than Hasbro's 2.5-foot Millennium Falcon. More » -
